J-SMITH69

ok so 95%

CspecRun

^^ That graph does not support your claim that the upper class pays 98% OR 95% of the ------' income tax collected in this country. You're gonna have to do better Johnny...

J-SMITH69

those are figures from the government. bush and cheney doctored them right?

J-SMITH69

http://www.house.gov/jec/

Inquisition

Johnny, post up the break down of how much each quintile makes. I think it's going to be had claiming that the 4th quintile is "the rich" unless you think someone making roughly $60k a year is rich. If you want to make a claim that roughly half of all income tax collected is from the rich, then MAYBE I can get behind that.

J-SMITH69

yes and the dems include people who make 60k as "the rich" and shouldn't get any tax breaks.
just look at their tax proposals through the years...

J-SMITH69

Inquisition

What are you talking about? People that make $60k aren't rich by anyone's standards. According to you, the rich are people that make over $25k a year. Get some data on how much the people make in each quintile. Then restate the fact that 95% of income tax is paid by the wealthy.

J-SMITH69

as just previously stated, go check who the dems think is "rich"

thats why they were included.

even if you go by reasonable standards its about 60-70% income tax paid by people who make over 100k a year.